A photograph of two unidentified young boys, one white and the other African American, playing outside. They are in front of a large tree and a corner of a house with siding is visible in the background. No other buildings are visible and the...

Mrs. Lera Millard standing in front of a statue with other tourists in the mid-1970s in Eastern Europe. The statue appears to be a bronze statue of a man kneeling dressed in 18th or 19th century clothing. The statue is in a park setting...

A photograph of a young Lera Millard surrounded by three other women. They are sitting on a set of stone stairs outside of what could be a courthouse or other large building, but most of the building is not in the photograph. Lera is the woman in...

Blue scrapbook belonging to Jimmy Thomas, given to him on Christmas Day, 1932. There is a Native American scene on the front cover with an American Indian paddling a canoe. The scrapbook has a blue string binding and blue press board front and...

A letter from D. Hays in San Augustine, Texas, to his brother, James Hays, regarding family, corn and cotton crops, slaves, and the railroad. Sent in response to three letters sent June 12, 20, and July 4 of 1852. D Hays had been in Fort Jesup...

This is a series of pictures taken while Mrs. Thomas made trips to Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. She started in December of 1966 and ended in March of 1967. She takes pictures with soldiers and with Japanese men and women.

4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches
Black and white photograph of five white males and a dark colored dog. Three of the men are sitting and two are standing. The dog is underneath the sitting men's legs. The sitting men are posed with their left legs crossed over...

11 ¼ x 13 ¾ inches
Black and white class photo of five rows of schoolchildren and four female adults sitting on grass, chairs, and standing in the back. Appears to be taken in a yard, of a Craftsman house with several other Bungalow style homes in...

Exchange of typed correspondence between Albert Thomas and Mrs. May Thompson Evans, the Assistant Director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. The exchange occurred in April 1937. Evans writes to Thomas regarding the...

A 3.5'' x 3.5'' black and white photograph of three men at work near a grain silo. One of the men is hanging off the ladder of a silo while the other two men are feeding grain onto a belt run machine. The silo looks like the one located off 259,...

Black and white photo of a two young girls in front of a house. The standing figure is wearing white pants, dark jacket, and a top hat. The firl on her hands and knees is wearing jacket with a corn cob pipe in his mouth. The girl standing has her...

This photograph is of a family outside of a building. The family has seven children, three women, and two men. Five of the children are sitting on the ground, one child is standing, and a man is holding the other child in the back row. The four...

This small tintype is of a the two-story hall-and-parlor Millard-Lee House on its original location on the downtown plaza or square of Nacogdoches. Also in the image are a barn and other outbuildings. The trees around the house are without leaves...

Photo of two men, possibly brothers, in their late teens or early twenties. Both boys are wearing suits, colored jackets, and dark colored ties with white shirts. The back drop is a neutral color. The positioning of the brothers is one behind the...

Lera Thomas's mother, Annie Donnell Watkins Millard, is writing to her daughter to give local news and to encourage her daughter to write her. According to Annie, she was told by her son that Lera was doing very well and improving quickly. Watkins...

A tintype of James Washington Burk in his fifties or sixties. Burk is wearing a dark colored jacket with a white button down collared shirt. The envelope sleeve is from Imperial Portrait Company in Chicago. This was originally in an album or...

A series of six photographs of Anne and Lera Thomas playing outside in the snow. They are playing, sledding, and throwing snowballs with three other children. In the background is a large brick building (possibly apartments) most likely in the...